No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1877)

No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,Ā 
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.Ā 
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?Ā 
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?Ā 
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief-Ā 
Woe, wórld-sorrow; on an Ć”ge-old Ć”nvil wĆ­nce and sĆ­ng — 
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked 'No ling-Ā 
Ering! Let me be fell: force I must be brief.'
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fallĀ 
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheapĀ 
May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our smallĀ 
Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep,Ā 
Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: allĀ 
Life death does end and each day dies with sleep.Ā 

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